Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh: The Government is committed to being a 'support' for Vietnamese entrepreneurs

Also attending were Deputy Prime Ministers. The meeting took place at the Government Headquarters and was connected online to the headquarters of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities.

At Nghe An province, comrade Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting; with the participation of representatives of relevant departments and branches and 30 typical enterprises representing the provincial business community.

Special "gift" for the business community

Since 2004, October 13 has become Entrepreneurs' Day, a day for entrepreneurs to gather and reflect on what they have done and what they need to continue to do to help the national economy prosper.

The most special thing on the occasion of the Vietnam Entrepreneurs Day this year is that the Politburo issued Resolution 41 on building and promoting the role of Vietnamese entrepreneurs in the new era. The new Resolution with new contents in viewpoints, orientations and solutions to develop and promote the Vietnamese entrepreneurs will certainly open the next stage of strong development, contributing to building a strong Vietnamese business community.

In the third quarter of 2023 alone, nearly 60,000 enterprises entered and re-entered the market nationwide, an increase of 18% over the same period in 2022. In the first 9 months of 2023, Vietnam had 165,000 enterprises, 1.2 times higher than the average level in the 2018-2022 period.

At the meeting, many businesses participated in expressing their opinions. What businesses want and the important thing to propose to do right now is to create conditions for businesses to access credit more conveniently and easily, while at the same time rectifying and recovering the real estate market. Continue to promote the implementation of the policy of exempting and extending taxes, fees and other financial obligations for a long enough time for businesses to recover... Businesses expressed their gratitude to the Prime Minister for the recent issuance of Decision 25 to continue reducing land tax by 30% for 2023, promptly removing some of the difficulties for businesses.

Believe in the development of Vietnamese enterprises

At the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent his congratulations to Vietnamese entrepreneurs and businesses, and deeply acknowledged the sincerity, enthusiasm, and high responsibility of the team of entrepreneurs and businesses in the development of the country.

The Prime Minister highly appreciated the maturity of Vietnamese entrepreneurs in all aspects, both in quantity and quality, in aspiration and performance in contributing, bringing Vietnamese brands to the international arena; at the same time, he affirmed that this is a force with important contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and State.

In the coming time, the Government will concretize Resolution 41 of the Politburo into an action program, working with businesses and entrepreneurs to develop in the right direction.

Along with that, the Government identified a number of key tasks such as: Continuing to maintain macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, promoting growth, creating development space for businesses and entrepreneurs; Developing foreign affairs, creating a peaceful environment for development cooperation, creating opportunities for Vietnamese entrepreneurs to reach out to the world market.

Continue to improve the business investment environment, especially the legal environment; enhance national competitiveness; promote administrative reform, build a digital economy, digital government, and digital citizens to support businesses.

Removing difficulties and bottlenecks, creating favorable conditions, increasing access to capital for businesses and people; strengthening trust, inspiring entrepreneurs and businesses; Promoting strong development of markets with criteria of safety, health, democracy, openness and transparency.

The Government requested ministries, branches and localities to review the difficulties of enterprises, in order to have a plan to promptly and effectively handle long-standing bottlenecks and delays.

For the business community, the Prime Minister suggested focusing on three growth drivers: export, consumption and investment; constantly improving competitiveness, reaching international standards; promoting creativity and proactiveness; linking together to create a combined strength, raising the position of Vietnamese enterprises; restructuring enterprises associated with the green economy and circular economy.

Besides, focus on developing the Party in enterprises; improve the quality and character of the team of entrepreneurs with enough talent, virtue and stature.

At the end of the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the Government's viewpoint in supporting and developing enterprises is to provide maximum support, considering removing barriers and difficulties for enterprises as the top political task. The Government is committed to being a "fulcrum", always standing side by side with the team of entrepreneurs and enterprises.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his belief that the Vietnamese business community will continue to accompany and share challenges and difficulties with the Party and State, seize opportunities, resolve difficulties, and build a strong Vietnam./.